Farbas Tunka Menin of Ghana

Farbas Tunka Menin of Ghana (1030-1078) was the ruler of the Ghana Empire from 1062 to 1078, succeeding Farbas Bassi of Ghana.

Biography
Tunka Menin was born in 1030, the son of Farbas Bassi of Ghana. He was a Sunni Muslim of the Cisse dynasty, and he succeeded his father as Emperor of the Ghana Empire in 1062. Leading 200,000 Ghanaian warriors, he successfully held off the Almoravid Caliphate's attacks. He always wore gold, ivory, and other precious materials, and he increased trade of salt greatly within the empire. He died in 1078.